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Our Field Notes are a collection of stories, observations and reflections from a life spent exploring wild places.
Here you'll find expedition diaries, wildlife encounters, conversations around the campfire, and ideas for living a little more slowly and curiously.

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What is a Snake Safari?
Looking beyond the obvious. A snake safari isn't simply about finding snakes. It's about learning to see the wilderness differently. Most people walk through the bush looking for the obvious—a giraffe on the horizon, a herd of elephants, or a lion resting beneath an acacia tree. On a snake safari, your attention shifts. You begin to notice the small things: a track in the sand, the perfect camouflage of a gecko against a rock, the shed skin of a snake caught on a thorn bush,
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Expedition Living
Rediscovering the luxury of simplicity. There is something profoundly liberating about expedition life. In our everyday lives, we are surrounded by choice, possessions and constant distractions. We tell ourselves we should simplify, become more organised, carry less and live more intentionally. Yet somehow, life only seems to become more complicated. Out here, everything changes. Life on expedition has a natural rhythm. Every item has its place. Every piece of equipment has a
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Why Camels?
Because the journey matters as much as the destination. For thousands of years, camels have been one of the most elegant ways to travel through some of the world's wildest landscapes. Long before roads reached these hills, they carried families, trade, stories and livelihoods across Northern Kenya. Today, they still offer something increasingly rare: the chance to experience the landscape at its own pace. Camels have been evolving for more than 40 million years, becoming perf
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Why I want to take you on a Re-Wilding Camel Adventure
Since the age of 4, I have walked alongside camels....They are the other siblings on my father’s side. Towering over me, kicking up the dust in the golden light of sunset. Staying calm enough for one to lean its gigantic neck down and nuzzle my ear, and smell the breath coming from my nose, something animals can receive billions of cells of information from in one sniff. Rollo and his grandpa The camels are coming in from their days grazing, keen for the safety of the boma. A
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